SELAQUI, DEHRADUN

Location: Dehradun, Uttarakhand

Site Climate: Cold and Temperate

Site Area: 50 acres (200000 sqm approx)

Project Brief: To design an Educational Campus for the given typology (Indian Institute of Management) based in a given climate type (Cold and Temperate).

The design would focus more on spatial composition of buildings on a Campus level and the open spaces in between buildings alongwith their interaction.

Indian Institute Of Management

The Indian Institute of Management (IIMs) are a group of autonomous institutes of management education and research in India.

Dehradun is the capital city of the state of Uttarakhand. Provided with a rich cultural history and a bounty of natural and scenic resources, the city is regarded the up and coming education and tech hub of India. It has also recorded reduced crime and pollution rates and a variety of recreation options.

Why Selaqui is the best?

• After graduating, students have options for Business, Finanace, Human Resource Managament and Startups in the city. This is largely seen in the main city and in the Selaqui Industrial Area.

• Many other management colleges are found outside the city, in the Selaqui area, due to cheaper and easily available land as well as the quieter living environment for students.

• Dehradun also appropriately student life through minimal student living expenditures and a multitude of Recreational activities all around the area.

Geddesian Triad

The theory, given by Sir Patrick Geddes set forth the relationship between people and places.

The proposition states that the planning/ layout should create organic relations among people, place and work.

This idea can be translated for Campus Design by transforming these three elements based on University life.